MLB

St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Shane Victorino came within a triple of the cycle, driving in three and scoring three, while Jayson Werth hit a three-run home run in Philadelphia's 10-7 victory over St. Louis.

"Play the game hard, try to excel and try to be the best player I can be. I'm not trying to be a super hero," said Victorino about his 14-game hitting streak.

The Phillies won their third in a row and swept the brief two-game skid thanks to a 15-hit attack that included a 2-for-4 night from Raul Ibanez, two hits and two runs scored from Jimmy Rollins and two hits and two RBI from Pedro Feliz.

The offensive attack helped out Brett Myers (2-2), who gave up five runs on nine hits with one strikeout in 5 1/3 frames. Brad Lidge pitched the ninth, giving up a long home run to his long-time nightmare Albert Pujols.

Adam Wainwright (3-1), who had pitched brilliantly so far this season, was hammered to the tune of seven runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and two walks in six innings.

"They beat him up," said Cardinals manager Tony La Russa about the Phillies success against Wainwright. "They hit it solid."

Tyler Greene ended 2-for-4, as did Ryan Ludwick, who joined Pujols and Yadier Molina with a solo home run. The Cardinals, who still lead the National League Central in the early going, have lost three in a row.

The Phillies took a quick lead as Victorino lined a thigh-high fastball just over the right-center field wall in the first frame.

In the third frame, Myers started an offensive onslaught with a looping single to center. Rollins followed by carving a fly ball into open real estate in left-center for a double then Victorino followed with a bloop double into no- man's land down the right field line, scoring both runners. Ibanez singled to right and Ryan Howard walked to load the bases for Werth, who skied a sacrifice fly to center, however, Ibanez read hit off the bat and was doubled off second. Despite the base running blunder, the Phillies held a 4-0 advantage.

The Cardinals got one run back on a Joe Thurston RBI groundout then played long ball to slice the deficit to one. Ludwick took a curveball into the bullpen over the right-center field wall and Molina got on top of a high fastball, sending it deep and into the seats down the left-field line for a 4-3 edge.

Philadelphia looked like it had run itself out of another frame in the fifth. Rollins and Victorino singled to put runners on the corners with no outs, but the fake-to-third move from Wainwright caught Victorino leaning, and the pitcher wheeled and fired a perfect low throw to Pujols to pick off the Phillies center fielder. Ibanez then struck out for two outs, but after a pitch-around walk to Howard, Werth turned on an inside fastball and sent it into the upper deck tight to the line in left for a three-run shot and a 7-3 edge.

Ludwick's RBI single in the home fifth made it a 7-4 game, and Khalil Greene's sacrifice fly an inning later made it a two-run differential.

Howard's RBI single made it 8-4 in the seventh, and Feliz's grounder to Pujols was fielded but the pitcher Dennys Reyes couldn't find first and missed the bag, allowing Ibanez to score.

Colby Rasmus' double scored Chris Duncan for a 9-6 game in the bottom of the seventh, and Feliz's looping double in between the second baseman and right fielder preceded Pujols' long solo shot in the ninth.